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44 Cards in this Set
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Alliteration |
The same letter or sound that repeats at the beginning or connected words.
Ex: "No Deals for Drug Dealers" |
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Allusion |
A reference to something supposed to be known, but not specifically mentioned. Ex: "Oh, stop being sucha Romeo." |
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Ambiguity |
Unclear meaning and could be interpreted in many ways. Ex: I have never lasted a cake quite like that one before! |
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Anapest |
Used in formal poetry consists of two short syllables followed by a long one. 2 unstressed and one stressed syllable. Ex: I am monarch of all I survey. |
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Antithesis |
A person or thing that is opposite (contrary) of someone or something else. Ex: Hot; Cold, Black; White, Bitter; Sweet |
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Approximate Rhyme |
Words that don't rhyme exactly the same. Ex: Blue/ Threw, Crew/ Two |
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Assonance |
The repetition of similar vowel sounds and followed by a different sound not a vowel, in the stressed syllable of connected words. |
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Aubade |
A poem or piece of music for the dawn (love story) Lovers seperating at dawn. |
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Ballad |
A form or poetry which tells a story and has a specific rhyme. Often narrative! |
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Blank Verse |
A poem with no rhyme but does have a metrical line. |
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Cacophony |
A harsh different mixture or sounds. Ex: My friends tried to serenade me with violins. |
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Carpe Diem |
Yolo, live for the future. Enjoy the present. |
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Conceit |
Metaphor or simile |
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Connotation |
Secondary meanings |
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Denotation |
Definition of something |
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Diction |
Choice of words |
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Dramatic Monologue |
Dramatic speech |
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Dramatic Situation |
Dramatic situation in a narrative or dramatic work. |
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Elegt |
A poem or song mourning on the death of someone or on a sorrow. |
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End Rhyme |
A poem that has lines ending with words that sound the same. |
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Epithet |
An adjective or a description expressing a quality in a characteristic of the person or thing that was being mentioned. |
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Extended Metaphor |
A metaphor that goes in through the whole story. |
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Feminine Rhyme |
Grumbling, numbling. A rhyme in which the last syllable is unstressed. * More often used for comic effect* Ex: Turtle & Fertile. |
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Hexameter |
A line of verse which has a six metrical feet. |
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Hyperbole |
An exaggeration or a statement not meant to be said literally. |
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Imagery |
Using words to represent objects, actions or ideas. |
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Irony |
Using language that implies the opposite. Mockery. |
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Litotes |
A figure of speech in which a positive is stated by the negative. |
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Metaphor |
Comparison that is not literally applicable. |
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Metaphysical Poetry |
Beyond the physical, religion, love life, existence. |
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Ode |
Rejoicing about something (celebrating) |
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Onomatopoeia |
Words that sound like the sound. Ex: The ducks quack and quack. Both bees and buzzers buzz. |
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Paradox |
A statement or proposition that seems contradictory (denial) but is true/ valid. Ex: I am nobody. Wise fool. |
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Personification |
A figure of speech were human qualities are given to animals, objects or ideas. |
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Phonetic Intensives |
Not onomatopoeia. Sound to some degree connects with meaning. Ex: Strength, Strong |
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Scansion |
Looking through a line of verse to determine the rhythm. |
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Simile |
A comparison of one thing with another thing to make the description vivid. Ex: As brave as a lion. Crazy like a fox. |
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Sonnet |
A poem with a structure form 14 lines, small, little song, or lyrics. With a specific turn. |
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Syntax |
The way words and phrases are re-arranged to create a good sentence in a language. |
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Tetrameter |
Counting how many prefixes are they. |
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Theme |
Teh subject or the topic of a whole essay. Ex: Love and Friendship. |
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Tone |
The authors perspective from them to you. |
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Volta |
"Turn". A turn of thought or argument in a sonnet. |
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Zeugma |
A word in which it applies to two others in a different way or two others of which it only states one. |
